[chirp_users] Merging files?
How do I merge data from a CSV file into a file read from the radio? If I import, it just overwrites the previous read data. I want to take a file with 10 channels and import a file that has 20 channels. ending up with 30 channels Can that be done in a bulk fashion or does each channel have to be copied and pasted? I know that can be done because I've done it but can't figure out how to do 20 or more in one feel swoop.
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Phaeton phaeton@neo.rr.com wrote:
How do I merge data from a CSV file into a file read from the radio? If I import, it just overwrites the previous read data. I want to take a file with 10 channels and import a file that has 20 channels. ending up with 30 channels Can that be done in a bulk fashion or does each channel have to be copied and pasted? I know that can be done because I've done it but can't figure out how to do 20 or more in one feel swoop.
You can select multiple channels at once for copy/paste.
You can renumber when you import so that they don't overwrite. That's what the +1 +10 buttons are for.
Tom KD7LXL
What I did was just hit command A to select All of the 20 channels from one list and made sure I added 5 more empty slots for a total of 30 to the target. I then selected channel 11 and hit command V to paste but nothing happend. Is that the wrong way?
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On Feb 12, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Tom Hayward esarfl@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Phaeton phaeton@neo.rr.com wrote:
How do I merge data from a CSV file into a file read from the radio? If I import, it just overwrites the previous read data. I want to take a file with 10 channels and import a file that has 20 channels. ending up with 30 channels Can that be done in a bulk fashion or does each channel have to be copied and pasted? I know that can be done because I've done it but can't figure out how to do 20 or more in one feel swoop.
You can select multiple channels at once for copy/paste.
You can renumber when you import so that they don't overwrite. That's what the +1 +10 buttons are for.
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Here's how I do it, this may be more labor intensive than necessary but it helps me maintain version control. Since I've prefer MS Excel that's my tool of choice. I do the following:
* download from the radio into Chirp, * export it as csv, * open radio csv in Excel, * copy that to a new document, * open the "merge" csv in Excel, * copy and paste from it into the new doc, * manipulate the new doc as needed, * save the new doc from Excel as a csv, * import that csv into Chirp, * save it as a .img file (saves a step later if I have reinstall), * upload the img from Chirp to the radio.
Ron
On 2/12/2013 4:01 PM, Phaeton wrote:
How do I merge data from a CSV file into a file read from the radio? If I import, it just overwrites the previous read data. I want to take a file with 10 channels and import a file that has 20 channels. ending up with 30 channels Can that be done in a bulk fashion or does each channel have to be copied and pasted? I know that can be done because I've done it but can't figure out how to do 20 or more in one feel swoop.
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Thank you, that sounds reasonable as long as Chirp interprets all the fields in the CSV properly. I've archived your post and will give it a try tomorrow.
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On Feb 12, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Ron McKenzie rmckenzie5@cfl.rr.com wrote:
Here's how I do it, this may be more labor intensive than necessary but it helps me maintain version control. Since I've prefer MS Excel that's my tool of choice. I do the following: download from the radio into Chirp, export it as csv, open radio csv in Excel, copy that to a new document, open the "merge" csv in Excel, copy and paste from it into the new doc, manipulate the new doc as needed, save the new doc from Excel as a csv, import that csv into Chirp, save it as a .img file (saves a step later if I have reinstall), upload the img from Chirp to the radio. Ron
On 2/12/2013 4:01 PM, Phaeton wrote:
How do I merge data from a CSV file into a file read from the radio? If I import, it just overwrites the previous read data. I want to take a file with 10 channels and import a file that has 20 channels. ending up with 30 channels Can that be done in a bulk fashion or does each channel have to be copied and pasted? I know that can be done because I've done it but can't figure out how to do 20 or more in one feel swoop.
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You should be good as long as you don't add columns that aren't in the chirp (radio) csv that you start with. Good luck!
On 2/12/2013 6:57 PM, Phaeton wrote:
Thank you, that sounds reasonable as long as Chirp interprets all the fields in the CSV properly. I've archived your post and will give it a try tomorrow.
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On Feb 12, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Ron McKenzie <rmckenzie5@cfl.rr.com mailto:rmckenzie5@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
Here's how I do it, this may be more labor intensive than necessary but it helps me maintain version control. Since I've prefer MS Excel that's my tool of choice. I do the following:
- download from the radio into Chirp,
- export it as csv,
- open radio csv in Excel,
- copy that to a new document,
- open the "merge" csv in Excel,
- copy and paste from it into the new doc,
- manipulate the new doc as needed,
- save the new doc from Excel as a csv,
- import that csv into Chirp,
- save it as a .img file (saves a step later if I have reinstall),
- upload the img from Chirp to the radio.
Ron
On 2/12/2013 4:01 PM, Phaeton wrote:
How do I merge data from a CSV file into a file read from the radio? If I import, it just overwrites the previous read data. I want to take a file with 10 channels and import a file that has 20 channels. ending up with 30 channels Can that be done in a bulk fashion or does each channel have to be copied and pasted? I know that can be done because I've done it but can't figure out how to do 20 or more in one feel swoop.
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